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View Poll Results: What level are you playing SMAC/X at?
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I have never played SMAC/X
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I lose at Citizen level
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I can beat the lower levels (ie the ones with free prototypes)
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I can sometimes beat the higher levels, but I prefer to play on the lower ones
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I win at Librarian level regularly
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I win at Thinker level regularly
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I have beaten Transcend
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I ALWAYS win at Transcend
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I consider Transcend too easy and I play with mods to make the game more challenging / I play special challenges
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I not only beat the AI, but I kick arse in Multiplayer too
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I am a SMAC legend (be honest - you have to be an IP/PBEM whizz for this)
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Xenodoughnuts ! 
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June 15, 2003, 19:21
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Deity
Local Time: 03:47
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: May 2002
Location: lol ED&D is officially full PvP LOL
Posts: 13,229
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How good are you at SMAC, honestly?
Just a quick survey to see how talented our team is. Please vote truthfully, there's no shame in being a regular Citizen level player... and if you are you don't have to admit it was you who voted that option...
-Jam
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June 15, 2003, 19:30
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Deity
Local Time: 03:47
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: May 2002
Location: lol ED&D is officially full PvP LOL
Posts: 13,229
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I voted for "I not only beat the AI, but I kick arse in Multiplayer too" I always beat Transcend, I play all kinds of challenges and I have only lost one MP game (to Lazerus, who has never lost in MP) I've really been wasting my life, eh?
/me really loves SMAC
-Jam
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June 15, 2003, 21:56
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Prince
Local Time: 21:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 811
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I voted "I ALWAYS win at Transcend", but I've never played against a human player, so you can take that with a grain of salt.
Anybody who reads the techniques in AC-Strategy and elsewhere, and applies them can jump from Librarian to Transcend fairly quickly, as I did.
I played the game at Librarian for a long time because I didn't seek out extra information on how the game works. Just knowing about ecodamage or crawlers really changed my game.
But I only play for fun and don't go for the challenges, don't squeezing out every last drop of turn advantage, don't have the tech tree memorized, etc.
I would consider myself an advanced player, but more tuned to single player than multi.
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June 16, 2003, 00:05
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King
Local Time: 21:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Missouri
Posts: 2,337
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My copy of SMAC doesn't work, and I never got SMAC/X (though plan to).
mmm... xenodoughnuts...
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June 16, 2003, 00:09
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King
Local Time: 13:47
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: I am so out of touch
Posts: 1,660
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Mine is uninstalled, so that I won't spend weeks playing SMAX.
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June 16, 2003, 00:26
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King
Local Time: 20:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Posts: 1,568
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Voted "always win on transcendence", though my strategy is much less refined against human opponents.
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You can only curse me to eternal damnation for so long!
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June 16, 2003, 01:56
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Prince
Local Time: 20:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshal of the Revolutionary Army of the Socialist People of the Human Hive
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Never actually finished a game with the AI. Play at transcend, but when I realize it is just a matter of waiting for my units to sweep across yet another land mass until I wipe the other factions off planet i stop and start a new one. Thus, I really don't know much about later game as I have never let it last that long. As for multiplayer... ppl just seem to surrender after I cripple them the Glorious Comrade Chairman can attest to this.
- Rokossovky
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Marshal of the Revolutionary Army of the Socialist People of the Human Hive
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June 16, 2003, 04:14
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King
Local Time: 17:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Back in Hawaii... (CPA Member)
Posts: 2,612
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Librarian here.
I've beaten it on Transcend ONCE, but i think that was out of sheer luck. I didn't get planet bustered that much in that game.
Librarian is the constant for me.
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Beyond Alpha Centauri-Witness the glory of Sheng-ji Yang
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"...but what sane person would move from Hawaii to Indiana?" - Dis
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June 16, 2003, 05:16
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King
Local Time: 04:47
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany
Posts: 2,649
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Librarian, too. Although I have played Transcend several times, it was too frustrating to loose three bases at a single turn to hordes of mindworms...
Never lost a transcend game either 
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June 16, 2003, 10:02
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Deity
Local Time: 03:47
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: May 2002
Location: lol ED&D is officially full PvP LOL
Posts: 13,229
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Rokossovky - I take that as a challenge
-Jam
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June 16, 2003, 10:58
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Princess
Local Time: 21:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: falling, once again
Posts: 8,823
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I'm still at the talent level. I plan to stop spamming here so that I would actually have some time to play. 
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Grapefruit Garden
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June 16, 2003, 11:05
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Deity
Local Time: 03:47
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: May 2002
Location: lol ED&D is officially full PvP LOL
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NO !  Bad HongHu! Stay here and post 
(Only joking  )
-Jam
Last edited by Jamski; June 16, 2003 at 11:21.
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June 16, 2003, 11:08
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Princess
Local Time: 21:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: falling, once again
Posts: 8,823
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Originally posted by Jamski
NO ! Bad HongHu! Stay here and post :doitnow!
(Only joking )
-Jam
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So seriously you don't want me to stay here ... My heart is broke now 
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Grapefruit Garden
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June 16, 2003, 11:23
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Deity
Local Time: 03:47
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: May 2002
Location: lol ED&D is officially full PvP LOL
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Oh Comrade HongHu! Please stay, I still  you really. I just didn't want you to stop playing SMAC because I told you to.
Don't go, the Hive needs you, it really looks up to you...
-Jam
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June 16, 2003, 12:26
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Prince
Local Time: 21:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 811
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Originally posted by Jamski
Rokossovky - I take that as a challenge
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I'm curius to see the outcome of this matchup.
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"We are living in the future, I'll tell you how I know, I read it in the paper, Fifteen years ago" - John Prine
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June 16, 2003, 12:31
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Deity
Local Time: 03:47
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: May 2002
Location: lol ED&D is officially full PvP LOL
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Want to make it a 3plyr?
-Jam
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June 16, 2003, 12:43
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Prince
Local Time: 21:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 811
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Originally posted by Jamski
Want to make it a 3plyr?
-Jam
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Possibly... IP or PBEM?
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"We are living in the future, I'll tell you how I know, I read it in the paper, Fifteen years ago" - John Prine
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June 16, 2003, 17:55
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Deity
Local Time: 03:47
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: May 2002
Location: lol ED&D is officially full PvP LOL
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IP, with simul turns?
-Jam
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June 17, 2003, 02:23
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King
Local Time: 17:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Back in Hawaii... (CPA Member)
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Bah! To IP! I still remember our last incident where I tried joining in...."No game found" still haunts me! 
(but it WAS helpful that you guys told me to turn off my firewall )
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Beyond Alpha Centauri-Witness the glory of Sheng-ji Yang
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June 17, 2003, 02:37
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Prince
Local Time: 20:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshal of the Revolutionary Army of the Socialist People of the Human Hive
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Rokossovky - I take that as a challenge
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... could be fun. Knowing my luck I'd get my ass beat... (*MUCH LAUGHTER*). Unfortunately, I have finals right now, but in 2 weeks... you're on...
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Marshal of the Revolutionary Army of the Socialist People of the Human Hive
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June 17, 2003, 06:04
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Deity
Local Time: 03:47
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: May 2002
Location: lol ED&D is officially full PvP LOL
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OK, I'm moving ATM but in 2 weeks...
/me rubs his hands together like a Bond baddie...
-Jam
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June 17, 2003, 06:29
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Prince
Local Time: 21:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Originally posted by Jamski
OK, I'm moving ATM but in 2 weeks...
* Jamski rubs his hands together like a Bond baddie...
-Jam
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Two weeks sounds good. It will give me time to refresh my skills. I've been playing a lot of HoMM 2/3 the last several months and not SMAC.
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"We are living in the future, I'll tell you how I know, I read it in the paper, Fifteen years ago" - John Prine
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June 17, 2003, 06:32
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Prince
Local Time: 21:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 811
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Originally posted by Frankychan
(but it WAS helpful that you guys told me to turn off my firewall )
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We only told you that so we could sneak into your computer.
The things we found 
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"We are living in the future, I'll tell you how I know, I read it in the paper, Fifteen years ago" - John Prine
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June 17, 2003, 12:28
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Emperor
Local Time: 20:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Palm Springs, California
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Originally posted by Jamski
OK, I'm moving ATM but in 2 weeks...
-Jam
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Is this a private party or can anyone join in?
(Googlie drools at the thought of upping his Multiplayer games from 3 to 4)
G.
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June 17, 2003, 13:04
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Prince
Local Time: 20:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshal of the Revolutionary Army of the Socialist People of the Human Hive
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We would be honoured if the GooglieGod joined our humble party. It would bring meaning to the entire event. lol..
(Rokossovky drools at the tought of playing the moderator)
- Rokossovky
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Marshal of the Revolutionary Army of the Socialist People of the Human Hive
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June 18, 2003, 04:43
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Prince
Local Time: 21:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Originally posted by Googlie
Is this a private party or can anyone join in?
(Googlie drools at the thought of upping his Multiplayer games from 3 to 4)
G.
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Sounds good to me. The more the merrier
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June 18, 2003, 09:50
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Princess
Local Time: 21:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: falling, once again
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Sharpen your knives, boys, I was worrying that your skills are becoming rusty ...
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Grapefruit Garden
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June 18, 2003, 23:47
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King
Local Time: 17:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Back in Hawaii... (CPA Member)
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Not much in there.
I wouldn't mind joining but that one incident kind of turned me off IPing for a long, long time. Anyway, it seems that we have a well rounded team. 
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Despot-(1a) : a ruler with absolute power and authority (1b) : a person exercising power tyrannically
Beyond Alpha Centauri-Witness the glory of Sheng-ji Yang
***** Citizen of the Hive****
"...but what sane person would move from Hawaii to Indiana?" - Dis
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June 19, 2003, 05:51
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Prince
Local Time: 21:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2002
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I wouldn't mind joining but that one incident kind of turned me off IPing for a long, long time.
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It's only one incident, you should try again.
And I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, that you claim to play at librarian level when you post in nearly every thread in AC-Strategy. 
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"We are living in the future, I'll tell you how I know, I read it in the paper, Fifteen years ago" - John Prine
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June 19, 2003, 07:25
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King
Local Time: 17:47
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Back in Hawaii... (CPA Member)
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Well.......when I play Transcend I tend to get frustrated. My progress in Transcend is pretty slow and I tend to get tired of the game. I was debating whether or not to click 'Librarian' or 'Thinker'. It also said regularly so it threw me off....I got mixed up on which one was more difficult (I haven't played for a while).
Anyway, I clicked Librarian cause I honestly only lasted through the game in Transcend to beat it once. I didn't know about things like the stockpile bug and popbooming bases until about a year ago here.  That's my fault.
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Beyond Alpha Centauri-Witness the glory of Sheng-ji Yang
***** Citizen of the Hive****
"...but what sane person would move from Hawaii to Indiana?" - Dis
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